Former Engineer Now Top-Selling Author on Amazon Due to Selfless Act of Kindness

<blockquote> “One guy saw another sitting there, bored and alone trying to sell his stuff, and he just came over to say hello out of an act of kindness…And that one act by one person triggered a tsunami of generosity after.” — Author Shawn Warner, per <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/viral-tiktok-amazon-bestseller-list-shawn-warner-rcna93132" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">NBC News</a> </blockquote> Intoday’s digital world, social media has a tremendous impact on people’s lives. It can change fortunes and launch careers, as we witnessed with Shawn Warner, a new author whose first book quickly became a bestseller on Amazon. Per an excerpt from <a href="https://people.com/texas-author-becomes-overnight-bestseller-after-video-of-him-trying-to-sell-his-books-at-a-store-goes-viral-7557879" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">People</a>: <blockquote> “Warner, 58, a former army veteran and engineer, said he decided to pursue his “childhood dream” of becoming a writer despite naysayers telling him throughout his life, “you can’t make a living out of doing that,” <a href="https://www.shawnwarner.com/bio" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">according to his website</a>.” </blockquote> <h2>An Act of Kindness and the Power of Social Media</h2> Shawn Warner was promoting his debut novel, “Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor,” at a Kroger store near Fort Worth, Texas. On that day, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@internetfamouslol" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Jerrad “Red” Swearengin</a> came by, noticed Warner looking downcast, and stopped for a chat. Warner shared a bit about his murder mystery story, where a teenage girl teams up with a ghost who has different personalities to solve her parents’ murders. <a href="https://medium.com/writers-blokke/former-engineer-now-top-selling-author-on-amazon-due-to-selfless-act-of-kindness-147caf6a763b">Visit Now</a>